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The world as will and representation

Book • 1966

The book is divided into four parts.

The first part addresses the world as representation, the second details the world as will, the third discusses art and beauty as the only way to transcend the painful human condition, and the fourth discusses ethics and the ascetic ideal.

Schopenhauer argues that the will is the underlying reality of the world, beyond mere appearances, and that it is characterized by ceaseless striving and suffering.

Mentioned by

Fr. Bonaventure Chapman

Mentioned in 17 episodes

Mentioned by

Derren Brown

in the context of life's inherent difficulties.

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Mentioned by

Simon Critchley

in relation to his philosophical ideas on music.

93 snips

How to feel alive

Recommended, specifically 'The World as Will and Representation', for its sublime philosophical concepts.

71 snips

Juan Branco : Empoisonnement ?

Mentioned by

Douglas Rushkoff

in relation to the concept of will preceding reality, as discussed in

Mitch Horowitz

's book.

47 snips

Mitch Horowitz

Mentioned by

Breht

as a book that had a seminal impact on Nietzsche's intellectual life.

39 snips

Philosophy Series: Nietzsche and the Death of God

Mentioned by

Jack Symes

in relation to humans as devils and animals as tortured souls.

39 snips

#2193 - Jack Symes

Mentioned by Matthew Segall and

Breht

in relation to German transcendental idealism and his integration of Buddhist ideas.

23 snips

Process & Reality: Alfred North Whitehead, Process Philosophy, and Organic Realism

Mentioned by

Jacke Wilson

in relation to Tolstoy's philosophical influences and contrasting views on history.

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621 War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Mentioned by the podcast host as a work rendered obsolete by scientific progress.

18 snips

85: Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks, pt. 1 - Thales, Anaximander, Heraclitus

Mentioned by

Fr. Bonaventure Chapman

in a discussion comparing philosophical figures.

14 snips

What Nietzsche Got Right

Mentioned throughout the podcast as the central figure whose philosophy is being discussed.

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The Wisdom of a Pessimist – Arthur Schopenhauer

Mentioned by

Unknown Speaker

when discussing Nietzsche's critique of Schopenhauer's followers and their interpretation of his philosophy.

The Gay Science #9 (II.98-II.107)

Paired with Pascal in Nietzsche's 'Journey to Hades', contrasting Schopenhauer's pessimistic resignation with Pascal's tortured faith.

95: The Journey to Hades

Mentioned by

Simon Critchley

in relation to Nietzsche's views on nihilism.

Simon Critchley, "The Faith of the Faithless: Experiments in Political Theology" (Verso, 2014)

Mentioned by

Jacke Wilson

in relation to Emily Brontë's essay, highlighting the bleakness of her perspective.

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Mentioned by

Christopher Wallis

to explain the concept of divine will in Shaiva Tantra.

The Three Effective Methods

Mentioned when discussing Nietzsche's critique of Schopenhauer.

92: The Four Great Errors

Mentioned by

Eric Weiner

as a pessimistic philosopher whose ideas were partially incorporated into the author's own philosophy.

Philosophy in the Age of Covid-19, with Eric Weiner and Danielle Sands

Mentioned by

Matthew Shea

as an influential thinker representative of atheistic perspectives on the possibility of happiness.

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Mentioned by

Emmet Penney

and

Spencer Klavan

in relation to an epigraph in Spencer's book.

Light of the Mind, Light of the World Ft. Spencer Klavan

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